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Re: Aztech CDA268-03I - Settings wanted

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From: Martin Berry
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <31069643.3913510@news.innotts.co.uk>, Eddy Hood
<eddy@innotts.co.uk> writes
>Martin Berry <martin@lanch.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I have been trying to sort out a friends PC after the autoexec.bat and
>>config.sys files were wiped. No backup files and no original disks. I
>>have everything sorted except the cd-rom drive. Can anybody let me have
>>the default settings for the following.
>>
>>Aztech CDA268-03I EIDE cd-rom using the interface on a Multimedia Pro
>>16AB Version 2.01 soundcard (don't know the maker). The device driver is
>>sgide268.sys. The machine is a P66 supplied in the UK by Escom.
>
>Hmmm... what exactly do you mean when you say 'the default settings'? I
>have an Aztech CDA268-03I IDE and if you mean what to put in the config.sys
>and autoexec.bat, this is what you need:
>
>in config.sys:
>device=c:\blah\blah\sgide268.sys /d:MSCD000
>
>in autoexec.bat:
>c:\blah\blah\mscdex /d:MSCD000
>
>Though my driver is sgidecd.sys not sgide268.sys...
>
>Hope that helps.
>
Yes that is what I meant. Those were the settings I tried but I got an
error message saying that it couldn't find the cd drive. I assume that
it requires other settings to be defined. I also tried the /L: switch to
tell it which drive letter to assign. Escom helpline isn't much help
either.
-- 
Martin Berry            voice: +44 1207 521610
email:  martin@lanch.demon.co.uk
        101462.316@compuserve.com
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From: Martin Berry <martin@lanch.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Aztech CDA268-03I - Settings wanted
Date: 1996/01/25
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